Mainland Regional junior Josiah Williams smashed the Atlantic County indoor triple jump record Saturday at Ocean Breeze.
On his 3rd and final attempt at the South Jersey Track Coaches Association Winter Meet #4, Williams jumped 43-8 to break the county record of 43-6 set by Egg Harbor’s Mubeen Momodu at 2019 Easterns at the Armory. Momodu went on to jump 48-1 ½ outdoors, which is No. 7 in South Jersey history.
Williams’ previous indoor PR was a 43-0 ½ in his only previous meet this winter – at the Bishop Loughlin Games at Ocean Breeze earlier this month.
Williams hit 45-4 ¾ last spring when he placed 3rd at the state Group 3 meet at Franklin Townshp. That made him the No. 4 sophomore in New Jersey and No. 2 in South Jersey, behind Salem’s Davi-yonn Jackson, who jumped 45-9 to win Group 1 states as a sophomore. Jackson hasn’t triple jumped yet this winter. It’s also No. 13 on the all-time Atlantic County performance list.
Williams’ 43-8 is No. 3 in New Jersey so far this year behind Princeton senior Sawyer Quallen [44-9 ½] and Franklin Township senior Daniel Arena [46-2 ½].
All-Time Atlantic County Indoor Triple Jump Top-10
43-8 … Josiah Williams [Mainland Reg.], 2024
43-6 … Mubeen Momodu [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2019
42-11 ½ … Ahmad Fogg [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2023
42-10 … Ahmad Brock [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2020
42-3 … Conor Wright [Hammonton], 2022
41-11 … Trevor Green [Buena Reg.], 2019
41-11 … Keenan Henry [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2014
41-1 … Amir Vick [Mainland Reg.], 2020
40-7 ¾ … Greg Tobias [St. Augustine], 2010
40-3 … Khaleeb Foster [Mainland Reg.], 2023
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 